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Michael joined CGAP as Senior Policy Specialist in 2008 as a member of
CGAP's Government & Policy Team. He leads the team’s efforts in the area
of branchless banking regulation and has worked with regulators around
the world to develop regulatory frameworks. He led CGAP’s regulatory
efforts in the Maldives and has worked in countries such as Nigeria,
Rwanda, Fiji, Haiti and Jordan. He is a co-author of CGAP’s Nonbank
E-Money Issuers: Regulatory Approaches to Protecting Customer Deposits
and CGAP’s Islamic Microfinance: An Emerging Market Niche.
Michael teaches
courses on branchless banking at the Boulder Institute for Microfinance.
He also was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
and is a member of the Forum’s Dialogue Series on Access to Finance
through Technology.
Prior to joining
CGAP, Tarazi was a corporate attorney in private practice and served as
the European General Counsel to a U.S. company providing finance-related
technological services to developing countries. He also served as an
advisor to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Tarazi holds a
bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Harvard
Law School. He speaks English, Arabic, and French. |
